ChecksThe day the leaves fall from the ginkyo is a day of…Reading: Open fileReadingOpen fileNeed to knowMy clearanceRecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC9The day the leaves fall from the ginkyo is a day of transformation -- he told you himself.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12Whatever makes him weep, it's not from the past year -- it runs much deeper.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC11He traces the veins on the back of his hand, under the thinning skin.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13Push him.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC12Die?TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12Shoot?InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC12Kill?PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10He clearly doesn't believe that's possible, even as he says it.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING AND PASSIVE LEARNING.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8The one that you carry.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8Rivalled only by the gun you must acquire.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10Across the whole universe, it is humans that actually end up being the unnatural ones.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC11Can't be complaining about the state of another gäng's territory. That's bad form.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9Tempo had that effect on his surroundings. Often spoken about, rarely seen -- unless he had a use for you.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC8It won't do him much good. His body's reaching the point where aches and pains are par for the course.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8Your fingertips crawl with sensation, craving the flaky scalp.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC9PSEUDOPOD wouldn't have been here a while ago.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC8Technical talk for a landline. It's connected to the network by copper wire.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9The last bastion of an antiquated system. He speaks of it like a beloved relic.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9A single thread, fraying.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10He shouldn't be telling you this.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Bitemarks and ignorance. The downfall of many a ship.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC8You may have been on ice for five years but the inexorable march of progress certainly has not.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC9The result of non-competitive bidding and a bit of self-dealing on the part of the city's governing elite.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Naivety like this is the problem. Healthy competition is what pushes technology forward and society along with it.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC8The way he said 'service'... like he meant...PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9He really wants you to believe that.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC8Every path to her erased, like an ancient treasure being guarded.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC7A feeling you know well enough.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8What he says doesn't add up. The logic is broken.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8Whatever he's hiding, it isn't pleasant... It destroyed something in him.PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC8Technical words that only mean something to those with the prerequisite knowledge.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC11Arteries. Rivers of blood. Coursing under all.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9A man stood on a cliff's edge, constantly expecting even the ground to fall from under him.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10Seems he has the shakes. He should never have applied for the job, though actually been given it.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8He's right. The only reason you should be breaking rules is when it is required to complete the assignment.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12You don't need his guidance. Wires and cables are the same everywhere and you are their master.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12A shame. Some pointers on how to improve your technical know-how wouldn't go amiss.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC9If anything, his prior experience may be making this job more difficult to adjust to.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8With a gäng, you can go anywhere you want.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9The man stands like jelly next to you.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10The well-greased cogs of your mind yearn for the challenge.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Old technology is one of the few places the past can still be touched.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8The disc blooms like ruby flowers in the reflection of his lenses.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12You sense a change behind his eyes. A decision has been made.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC11He longs to return to lost company. Old gäng.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9Even if he doesn't like it, his position gives him purpose, direction. Sometimes that's enough.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8Sounds like our man here is missing out on having a gäng to confide in.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Invisible kisses from the lips of the city.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8You don't need interests to make you interesting.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC8Your obsessions and secret passions have saved you more than once, and may yet again.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC10His face seems to say: 'but not if this job carries on the way it is'.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC8No need when your body language matches a spider as it stiffly curls up into a ball to die.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC10Old memories.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8The tail you cannot seem to shake.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC7THE LONG ARM OF THE PARTY.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC7The memories of your own past claw away inside you.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC8Snarling beasts! Ripped flesh. Teeth, eat, screaming!PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC7He means to insult you. But he has manners enough to get your permission first.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC12His insult does nothing. You are a steel wall that cannot be affected by mere words.StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8OFFENCE USED AS DEFENCE. AN ACCEPTABLE RETALIATION.NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC12It hurts because it's true.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC8He grimaces, wearing the same look as when you asked him about the moon.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC9It's not so bad when you've got your gäng to back you up.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC11His soft heart has had to learn to nestle among wilder things.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9It's locked away deep inside, far away from the surface that he's comfortable presenting.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Both minerals used to put the juice in batteries.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12You see the pity for the miners in the man's eyes. Men and women drying out inside barren rock, the billowing dust steadily making them blind...Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9He hid it well. What else could he be hiding?ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10Either you're still thawing out from your time in the Freezer, or this guy is much better at disguise than he would seem.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC9Burned to the inside of his eyes.DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8At least we'll never be alone. Gäng is forever.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC11The planet's surface may blister, but the clay beneath remains ever mutable.Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8Something happened on the moon, something he will never be able to face again.PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8Detecting low levels of 'It' here. Seems his return hasn't solved that particular problem at all.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC6La Luz. Once a powerful empire, now reconstituted as a modern techno-fascist state, the rising military and cultural power of the day.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9Mention of La Luz never fails to make your hairs stand attentive.InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC9Luz. Techno-fascists. Enemy.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC11No satisfying pleasure from untwisting a tangled braid of cords? No fun at all.ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8It cannot be overstated how important it is for you to not go around telling everyone you meet that you're a trained professional.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC8The Auto-Negotiator hums in your hand. You can practically feel the little magnets spinning inside.CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10Sadness fills his movements, like a sludge.BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC12Unlikely to be a coincidence that he's now occupying a place of reflection.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC10Something's up. This is a distraction.Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC10As if expecting a miracle to materialise before him.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8A familiar dolphin logo on his shirt, peeking out above his arm.RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC6Renotel. A diversified communications company local to the state of Portofiro. Immediately recognisable by its dolphin logo.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10That device he's carrying is some sort of all-in-one tracker and intercommunications device. State-of-the-art, wireless, a modern wonder.TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10That thing he's carrying has got buttons, a little antennae... that's a grade-A thingy, alright.SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8A familiar dolphin logo on his shirt, peeking out above his arm.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC9The day the leaves fall from the ginkyo is a day of transformation -- he told you himself.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC12Whatever makes him weep, it's not from the past year -- it runs much deeper.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC11He traces the veins on the back of his hand, under the thinning skin.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC13Push him.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC12Die?
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12Shoot?
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC12Kill?
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC10He clearly doesn't believe that's possible, even as he says it.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC10NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING AND PASSIVE LEARNING.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8The one that you carry.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8Rivalled only by the gun you must acquire.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC10Across the whole universe, it is humans that actually end up being the unnatural ones.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC11Can't be complaining about the state of another gäng's territory. That's bad form.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9Tempo had that effect on his surroundings. Often spoken about, rarely seen -- unless he had a use for you.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC8It won't do him much good. His body's reaching the point where aches and pains are par for the course.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8Your fingertips crawl with sensation, craving the flaky scalp.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC9PSEUDOPOD wouldn't have been here a while ago.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC8Technical talk for a landline. It's connected to the network by copper wire.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9The last bastion of an antiquated system. He speaks of it like a beloved relic.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9A single thread, fraying.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10He shouldn't be telling you this.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Bitemarks and ignorance. The downfall of many a ship.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC8You may have been on ice for five years but the inexorable march of progress certainly has not.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC9The result of non-competitive bidding and a bit of self-dealing on the part of the city's governing elite.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Naivety like this is the problem. Healthy competition is what pushes technology forward and society along with it.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC8The way he said 'service'... like he meant...
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9He really wants you to believe that.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC8Every path to her erased, like an ancient treasure being guarded.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC7A feeling you know well enough.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8What he says doesn't add up. The logic is broken.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8Whatever he's hiding, it isn't pleasant... It destroyed something in him.
PoeticsPoeticsIntellectSee and express what others can’t. Engage your creative engine. Lateral thinking and subconscious associations.DC8Technical words that only mean something to those with the prerequisite knowledge.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC11Arteries. Rivers of blood. Coursing under all.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9A man stood on a cliff's edge, constantly expecting even the ground to fall from under him.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10Seems he has the shakes. He should never have applied for the job, though actually been given it.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8He's right. The only reason you should be breaking rules is when it is required to complete the assignment.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12You don't need his guidance. Wires and cables are the same everywhere and you are their master.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC12A shame. Some pointers on how to improve your technical know-how wouldn't go amiss.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC9If anything, his prior experience may be making this job more difficult to adjust to.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8With a gäng, you can go anywhere you want.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC9The man stands like jelly next to you.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10The well-greased cogs of your mind yearn for the challenge.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC9Old technology is one of the few places the past can still be touched.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8The disc blooms like ruby flowers in the reflection of his lenses.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12You sense a change behind his eyes. A decision has been made.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC11He longs to return to lost company. Old gäng.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC9Even if he doesn't like it, his position gives him purpose, direction. Sometimes that's enough.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8Sounds like our man here is missing out on having a gäng to confide in.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC9Invisible kisses from the lips of the city.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8You don't need interests to make you interesting.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC8Your obsessions and secret passions have saved you more than once, and may yet again.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC10His face seems to say: 'but not if this job carries on the way it is'.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC8No need when your body language matches a spider as it stiffly curls up into a ball to die.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC10Old memories.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8The tail you cannot seem to shake.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC7THE LONG ARM OF THE PARTY.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC7The memories of your own past claw away inside you.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC8Snarling beasts! Ripped flesh. Teeth, eat, screaming!
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC7He means to insult you. But he has manners enough to get your permission first.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC12His insult does nothing. You are a steel wall that cannot be affected by mere words.
StatehoodStatehoodRelationSocial force embodied in presence and coercion. Command and intimidate others. Internalised propaganda.DC8OFFENCE USED AS DEFENCE. AN ACCEPTABLE RETALIATION.
NerveNerveRelationWhen the task requires a steady hand and a quiet mind. Don't let the world see what's behind the mirror.DC12It hurts because it's true.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC8He grimaces, wearing the same look as when you asked him about the moon.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC9It's not so bad when you've got your gäng to back you up.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC11His soft heart has had to learn to nestle among wilder things.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9It's locked away deep inside, far away from the surface that he's comfortable presenting.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10Both minerals used to put the juice in batteries.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC12You see the pity for the miners in the man's eyes. Men and women drying out inside barren rock, the billowing dust steadily making them blind...
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9He hid it well. What else could he be hiding?
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC10Either you're still thawing out from your time in the Freezer, or this guy is much better at disguise than he would seem.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC9Burned to the inside of his eyes.
DoppelgängDoppelgängActionWhen you must do more than a single You could. Internal strength and resistance to pressure.DC8At least we'll never be alone. Gäng is forever.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC11The planet's surface may blister, but the clay beneath remains ever mutable.
Grey MatterGrey MatterIntellectDeductive and inductive reasoning. The rational side of your mind. Finds the order in everything.DC8Something happened on the moon, something he will never be able to face again.
PersonalismPersonalismRelationWhat makes people tick, yourself included. Empathy and manipulation. Your humanity at large.DC8Detecting low levels of 'It' here. Seems his return hasn't solved that particular problem at all.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC6La Luz. Once a powerful empire, now reconstituted as a modern techno-fascist state, the rising military and cultural power of the day.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC9Mention of La Luz never fails to make your hairs stand attentive.
InstinctsInstinctsActionThe uncontrolled aspects of your physicality. Raw impulses. How your organism perpetuates itself.DC9Luz. Techno-fascists. Enemy.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC11No satisfying pleasure from untwisting a tangled braid of cords? No fun at all.
ShadowplayShadowplayActionFor any action you'd rather go undetected. Advanced, covert spy techniques. The voice of your training.DC8It cannot be overstated how important it is for you to not go around telling everyone you meet that you're a trained professional.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC8The Auto-Negotiator hums in your hand. You can practically feel the little magnets spinning inside.
CoordinationCoordinationActionDifferent parts of your body acting in concert. Agile and fluid movement. Physical presentation.DC10Sadness fills his movements, like a sludge.
BlueprintsBlueprintsRelationYour knowledge of the city and how people use it. Buried secrets, useful shortcuts, improvised exits.DC12Unlikely to be a coincidence that he's now occupying a place of reflection.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC10Something's up. This is a distraction.
Cold ReadCold ReadRelationAttunement to facial expressions, tics, body language. Read the room and act before anyone else.DC10As if expecting a miracle to materialise before him.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8A familiar dolphin logo on his shirt, peeking out above his arm.
RecordsRecordsIntellectThe totality of facts about the world. Episodic memory, training, and education. The past in the present.DC6Renotel. A diversified communications company local to the state of Portofiro. Immediately recognisable by its dolphin logo.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10That device he's carrying is some sort of all-in-one tracker and intercommunications device. State-of-the-art, wireless, a modern wonder.
TechnoflexTechnoflexIntellectThe secret language of machines and consumer products. Bend any device or system to your will.DC10That thing he's carrying has got buttons, a little antennae... that's a grade-A thingy, alright.
SensorsSensorsActionPerceptions and pleasures of the phenomenal world. Notice details that others miss.DC8A familiar dolphin logo on his shirt, peeking out above his arm.